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(Model.)

C. M. ARTHUR. Paper Box.

No. 234,221. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES M. ARTHUR, OF ANSONIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL H. LESSEY,OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,221, dated November9, 1880.

Application tiled October 13, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. ARTHUR, of Ansonia, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, temporarily residing at Brockville,Ontario, have invented a new Improvement in Paper Boxes; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawingsconstitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, aperspective view of the box complete; Fig. 2, the blank asprepared to form the box; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the box online.r sv Fig. 4, a transverse section on line z z,- Fig. 5, the boxcollapsed, or in condition for shipment.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of paper boxeswhich are made from a single piece of paper cut into shape so as to befolded and secure the box in its complete condition, and also so thatthe box may be collapsed to occupy very little space.

The object of the invention is to strengthen that portion of the boxcalled the closed end7 or bottou1"-that is, the end which is notintended to be opened; and the invention consists in the blank cut andscored in the shape and manner as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claim.

The blank is cut in outline, as seen in Fig. 2, solid lines on thesurface indicating cuts and broken lines scores for folding or bendlng.

That portion of the blank marked A is one side; B, the opposite side; Cand D, the other two sides. The part B is extended to form a lip, E,which, when the parts are bent into shape, is pasted or otherwisesecurely attached to the corresponding edge of C. At each end of thepart C is an extension, F, and at each end of the part A is anextension,.G, terminating in a lip, H, and the part D has an extension,I, at one end, and at the other end an extension, I.

Thus far the blank is of a common and Wellknown cut, except that usuallythe extension I has been less in length than the width of the box; butin my improved blank I make it in length equal to the width of the box.To the right the part I extends, as at L, in

length equal to the height of the box, and terminates in a lip, N.

The scores (indicated by broken lines) between the parts A B C D and atthe ends are the same as in the usual construction.

Diagonally across the part Il a score, a, is run-that is, from the lowerangle, d, of the part B to the score e between the parts G H- 6o and isat an angle of forty-live degrees, because the length ofthe part G isequal to the Width of the part D. The part L, from the score f to thescore n, is equal to the height of the box, and in width corresponds tothe sides A and B. When the box is folded into shape, as seen in Fig. 1,the score a has no oflice. The sides A B C D are brought to their properpositions and the lip E secured to the part C in the usual manner; thenthe part L is turned 7o up inside the part B, bringing the part I acrossthe bottom, as seen in Fig. 4; then the part F is turned onto the partI; then the part Cr turned over the two parts F and l and the lip Htucked between the parts B and L, as seen in Fig. 4, which completesthat end of the box, and by it the bottom l of the box is united, notonly to the side D, but also to the side L, hence giving to this bottoma very much greater strength than when the part l 8o is attached to sideD only, as in the usual construction. When the lip E is pasted to theside C the box is complete, ready for shipment, and it is flattened intothe shape shown in Fig. 5. This causes a fold to be made on the score aof the part I', doubling that part upon itself, the part L lying beneaththe part B; hence the necessity of the score a.

I claim- The herein-described paper-box blank, cut 9o and scored to formthe sides A B C D, with the lip E on one side, the side A provided withextensions G H, the side C with an extension, F, the side D with anextension, I, at one end and extension Il at the other end, equal to thewidth of the side A, and with the score a diagonally across it, and thepart l provided with extensions L N, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

C. M. ARTHUR. Witnesses:

S. H. LEssEY, WM. SHERwooD.

